There’s no future in our past. Just experience. We want to return to it, but we don’t want to close the door on it either.
MIKE TYSONAt one point, I thought life was about acquiring things. But as a I get older, life is totally about losing everything.
More Mike Tyson Quotes
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I’m a bad guy. But if I was a good guy, nobody would want to pay to see me fight.
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Sometimes during a relationship, a friendship, a friend’s gonna have to prove they’re your friend, and you’re gonna have to prove you’re their friend.
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Everybody thinks this is a tough man’s sport. This is not a tough man’s sport. This is a thinking man’s sport. A tough man is gonna get hurt real bad in this sport.
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You never lose until you actually give up.
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My biggest weakness is my sensitivity. I am too sensitive a person.
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I’m addicted to perfection. Problem with my life is I was always also addicted to chaos. Perfect chaos.
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In order to be a friend to anybody, you have to be a friend to yourself. If you’re not a friend to yourself, there’s no way you’re gonna have any friends.
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If you’re not humble, life will visit humbleness upon you.
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What was most important was the knowledge [aspect] of the fight. I learned this early on and just told myself to “upgrade my mind.” That’s just what I wanted to do my whole life.
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These books ain’t window dressing. I think Machiavelli’s the most sophisticated writer outside of Shakespeare. Way ahead of his time. Such a manipulative person. Everything he accomplished he did by kissin’ ass.
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I’m just like you. I enjoy the forbidden fruits in life, too.
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We all have to control our feelings. That’s the thing that separates us from animals.
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People say ‘Poor guy.’ That insults me. I despise sympathy. So I screwed up. I made some mistakes. ‘Poor guy,’ like I’m some victim. There’s nothing poor about me.
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People relate to fighters so much because fighting reflects life.
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I feel like sometimes that I was not meant for this society.
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